Winners to be revealed November 16 at U.S. Broadband Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. during the U.S. Broadband Summit
NEW YORK, Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce Telecom today announces the finalists for the inaugural U.S. Broadband Awards, which honors and celebrates the best solutions, programs, use cases, technology, and individuals working to connect everyone across the United States through broadband.
The finalists were chosen based on effectiveness, technical innovation, financial & community impact, individual efforts in driving broadband investment and true innovation in addressing the digital divide.
Alejandro Piñero, Head of Content, Fierce Technology Group at Questex said, “The breadth and quality of the submissions is testament to the incredible work the telecommunications industry is carrying out to connect the underserved and unconnected. We congratulate all of our finalists especially given the high level of candidates for each award category.”
The 2023 finalists:
Best Broadband & Data Mapping Solution or Initiative
ArcGIS: Leveraging Location Intelligence to Bridge the Digital Divide: Esri Inc. ChatGIS and WiROI db Geospatial SaaS Platform: Wireless 20/20 Connected Nation Geospatial Services: Connected Nation Visualizing the Road to Broadband: NoaNet’s Broadband and Digital Equity Mapping Initiative: Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet)
Best Converged Solution – Cable & Connectivity
Calix DOCSIS Provisioning Connector: Calix Harmonic cOS™ Broadband Platform: Harmonic PHYTunes Saturn Wi-Fi Solution: PHYTunes Inc.Reach
Best Municipal Connectivity Program
Consolidated Communications and Maine Connectivity Authority: Bringing Fiber to Rural Maine: Consolidated Communications EPB: Bringing the World’s Fastest Community-wide Internet to the Chattanooga Area: EPB Montgomery County, MD Pulse Fiber Internet
Best use of 5G FWA For Remote/Rural Connectivity
Casa Systems’ AurusLINK: Casa Systems, Inc. Decreasing Spend and providing rapid installation with 5G Technology: Granite Telecommunications Ohio Transparent Telecom with Ericsson Radisys Connect 5G FWA/Broadband Convergence: Radisys
Enabling Connectivity – Middle Mile Award
Diamond State Networks Mid-Atlantic Broadband Boosts Capacity, Minimizes Cost with Routed Optical Networking: Cisco Systems Scalable and efficient middle mile traffic aggregation leveraging point-to-multipoint ICE-X coherent pluggables: Infinera Zayo’s Middle Mile Strategy: Zayo
Excellence in FTTH Deployment
Blue Ridge Communications Connect2First connects their Arkansas communities in record time: Render Networks Frontier Communications Midwest Energy & Communications WOW! fiber Internet Deployment in Central Florida: WOW! Internet, TV & Phone
Excellence in Wireless Neutral Host Networks
Boldyn Networks Provides NYC Free Public WiFi through Link5G Kiosks: Boldyn Networks Celona Private Wireless Neutral Host Service: Celona Kajeet Smart Private 5G™️ Neutral Host Solution: Kajeet Dense Air and Radisys – ORAN Based Actively Shared 5G Small Cell Infrastructure Software Solutions: Radisys
Impact Award – Greatest Technical achievement in connecting the unconnected (Individual)
Gary Bolton, Fiber Broadband Association Robert L. Hance, Midwest Energy & Communications Tommy Jacobson, MCNC
Impact in Broadband Affordability
American Connection Corps: A Program of Lead For America: Lead For America Honest Networks
Innovation in State Broadband Deployment Award
Kansas Office of Broadband Development Arcadian Infracom and the California Department of Technology Announce Innovative Middle-Mile Fiber Partnership: Arcadian InfracomVermont Community Broadband Board
Open Infrastructure & Networking Award
Ciena’s Broadband Solution: Empowering Open Access Service Providers: Ciena High-speed business services over an existing PON infrastructure leveraging ICE-X intelligent coherent pluggables: Infinera RtBrick SiFi Networks
Public Services Deployment
NoaNet Supports Next Generation 911 Network for Washington State: Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) Nationwide managed SD-WAN rollout brings savings and simplicity to one of the nation’s largest delivery services: Granite Telecommunications
Regional Operator of the Year
C Spire Frontier Communications Lumos SCTelcom
The judging panel included experts from leading companies in the wider broadband industry, including Tantra Analyst LLC, Mobile Experts, Inc., Impact Broadband and AvidThink. See the full list of judges here.
The winners will be announced at the U.S. Broadband Awards Gala on November 16 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown as part of the U.S. Broadband Summit, which takes place November 15-17. Register to attend the U.S. Broadband Summit and the awards ceremony here.
Sponsors of the conference include Verizon, AT&T Fiber, Comcast, NCTA, Calix, Harmonic, Clearfield, Radisys, and more.
For sponsorship opportunities contact Scott Gruntorad at (202) 824-5045 or sgruntorad@questex.com.
About U.S. Broadband Summit
The first ever U.S. Broadband Summit brings together federal funding leaders and state representatives with the wider broadband industry, including fiber operators, MSO’s, WISP’s, wireless carriers and more, to discuss the future of broadband in the United States. As attention focuses on bridging the growing digital divide, and the need to bring connectivity to the under- and un-served, the industry must come together to address the challenge. There is no golden key to connect everyone, and the U.S. Broadband Summit aims to bring everyone together to discuss how collaboration will lead to a more connected and vibrant society, in benefit of individuals and communities.
About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.
Media Contact
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U.S. Broadband Awards
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